It's a great strategy if you don't mind being a lying hypocritical political terrorist. Hey, make whatever deal you need to make, then back out of honoring it whenever you want. This is the party of personal accountability.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/us/politics/lawmakers-aim-to-stop-pentagon-cuts-if-deficit-panel-fails.html?pagewanted=1&;nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2
Lawmakers Aim to Stop Defense Cuts if Debt Panel Fails
WASHINGTON - As pessimism mounted this week over the ability of a bipartisan Congressional committee to agree on a deficit-reduction plan, lawmakers began taking steps to head off the large cuts in Pentagon spending that would automatically result from the panel's failure.
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Several members of Congress, especially Republicans on the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, are readying legislation that would undo the automatic across-the-board cuts totaling nearly $500 billion for military programs, or exchange them for cuts in other areas of thefederal budget.
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, has drafted a bill that would replace the military reductions that would occur under a process known in Congress as sequestration with 5 percent cuts to other, unspecified parts of the federal budget, and a 10 percent decrease in pay for members of Congress. In the House, similar measures are being assembled.
'If the joint select committee does not do what it needs to do,' said Representative K. Michael Conaway, a Texas Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, 'most of us will move heaven and earth to find an alternative that prevents a sequester from happening.'
Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate and a member of the deficit-reduction panel, has repeatedly said he has no intention of letting such cuts occur.
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Efforts to undo the automatic cuts could also lead to a further downgrade of federal debt, as rating agencies have been counting on the savings as evidence of Washington's commitment to easing the deficit.
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'Republicans should not count on taking the easy way out if they continue to resist a balanced deficit deal that includes revenue increases,' warned Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, the chamber's No. 3 Democrat.
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